At dinner last night the head waiter came over and asked about the dinner. Al stated that the touted Black Angus steak was mediocre. Tonight at dinner Al ordered roast chicken and Bo ordered fried Tofu. We both got our ordered meal PLUS each an entire steak dinner. What a waste.
Today we toured Rhodes. We spent 7 hours walking, shopping, and eating. We confined ourselves to the walled old city, When we started walking at about 8:30 in the morning, the town was almost completely empty and only some of the store we just starting to open up. Two hours later we couldn’t recognize the place. It was mobbed with tourists, every store, restaurant, café and sidewalk stall was open and tried to lure you inside. In spite of the crowd, it is a charming little town with very narrow streets, stone houses, a huge castle built by the crusaders Knights of St. John in the 15th century, some churches and mosques from the time that the island was occupied by the Ottoman Turks. The city of Rhodes itself dates back to the 7th century BC and the 30 meter high statue of the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was supposed to be erected by the Greeks in the town’s harbor. Unfortunately it was destroyed in 227 BC and there is no trace of it now. The streets are paved with small rocks (like our river rocks) set on their side - not flat. Very pretty but bumpy. The proliferation of cats is incredible, all colors and sizes. They are everywhere. They are calm and friendly and look happy, and well fed. Bo has taken tons of cat pictures for her “Cats of the World” album.
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